They're approaching an NBA record for consecutive losses — a record that just happens to be their own.

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Philadelphia fans are rightly overwrought, and they're not the only ones. A group of Duke fans that tracks Blue Devils in the NBA started the hashtag #SaveJahlil and compiled a video that shows what highly-touted rookie Jahlil Okafor has been exposed to in his early days in the league.

Drafting center Jahlil Okafor in the three spot has not prevented a historically bad start for the Philadelphia 76ers. (David Sherman/NBAE/Getty Images)

If you didn't empathize with the Duke product on draft day, you will now. With Sarah McLachlan's "In the Arms of an Angel" playing in the background, the video shows just a smattering of bloopers from the Sixers' dismal season so far.

It ends with a shot of Okafor walking dejectedly back to the locker room.

Despite two consecutive Top-5 picks and possibly more to come, Philadelphia's woes have not yet been put to rest. They lost 10 games to close out last season, and a 0-15 start means they are just one loss shy of the record for consecutive losses they tied in 2014.

Should they fall to the Celtics Wednesday night, Philadelphia would also be only two defeats away from the record for losses to start a season, set by the Nets in 2009.

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Okafor should not give up all hope yet. He's doing his part by averaging a team-high 18.4 points and eight boards per game, although he has the second highest turnover rate among the league's centers. And with the Sixers still promising a rebuilding process — as they have been for years — maybe there's a dwindling light at the end of the tunnel.

But he can nevertheless expect at least a few more long-faced treks through that tunnel as this season drags on.